Reading Time: 4 minutes23.5 Hours provides an intimate look into testing relationships and delves into the complexities of collateral damage of past and present actions, trust, and the pursuit of justice. We spoke to director Katharine Farmer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWritten by Carey Crim and directed by Katharine Farmer, 23.5 Hours explores the fallout on family and friends when a man is convicted of sexual crimes.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBiography of a Constellation, directed by Paloma Sierra is one of six productions that make up LAMDA’s Greenhouse Festival, an event at Orange Tree Theatre which showcases the work of LAMDA’s graduating MA students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA three-hander written by Nicky Allt, 'Two Cities' is a smart, two hour commentary on two Northern cities which have so much in common but are divided by one unavoidable chasm: the football.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJames Hyland’s adaptation of the classic story of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is an insanely creative bewitched piece of theatre.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDani’s Inferno is a brilliant, funny, and intoxicating one-woman production by Charlotte Eyres that deftly explores the complex nuance of the climate crises and the overwhelming number of climate deniers that exist within seemingly liberal, young communities.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUsing the verbatim words of over 70 NHS nurses, El Blackwood’s Tending is a well-crafted and sobering reflection on trying to save lives whilst working in a broken system.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We Used To Be Girl Scouts” is one of nine shows being performed at this year’s Fringe, by students and recent graduates of the acting and directing programmes from Edinburgh Napier.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFloat is a new production by Northern Irish writers Kirby Thompson and Orla Graham, co-directed by Thompson and Caoimhe McGee.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’d recommend The Weyard Sisters for true Shakespeare fiends, and my head is still reeling with the beautiful twists and turns of its words - a strong claim is made for its being Macbeth’s definitive sequel.